And now for a virtual stroll along Wallace Road ca 1983 when the old Mill still stood proudly facing the setting sun.

Wallace Road is to the right - a single lane road that snakes around the farm property and mill.

Lane's Mill, ca 1983

Barn opposite Lane's Mill

Returning home to the setting of the sun.

The Wallace Road images were scanned from slides with minimal-no processing. It is a rare treat to see some of these old slides again! I can't wait to see more and have more of my image collection available in digital form.

Thanks to Sepia Saturday for providing the inspiration to continue digitizing. It is great fun to look through images for ones that might match the weekly theme. I'm off-theme this week as I am awaiting permissions to use some WWII photographs - perhaps another time. More on the theme of kidneys, World War II, cooks, strange outfits or anything else can be found at Sepia Saturday 96.

18 comments:

Ticklebear - The slides scanned okay but came out a little dark - at least when not back-lit. Is that typical? I'll probably lighten them a bit and replace them. Thanks for the encouragement to give it a whirl. Liz

Kathy, the idea of posting the old vs. a new image of the same place comes from fellow Sepian, Postcards Then and Now, http://postcardsthenandnow.blogspot.com/ by Howard in London. (I just realized that I had missed a few of his recent posts! I wondered why he had been missing from the recent Sepia Saturday lists.) The really amazing thing about his images is the number of places that appear relatively unchanged over time.Liz

It was worth the effort. A lovely old building. However, I am completely disheartened by the thought of the twenty boxes of slides my parents have now owned up to possessing. I will have to go through them and digitise them, so that they (and we) can enjoy them before they deteriorate (the slides that is not my parents).

Nell, I really would never have the time to digitize the entire slide collection. I am experimenting with using a digitization shop for a group of them. If that works out, I may ultimately digitize all. Your comment about deterioration makes me realize that I don't have forever to get this done!

Great work Liz. That's an impressive building and some slides which are far better quality than the ones I've had scanned. I have so many to scan that I've been thinking of buying a decent scanner, but then there's the question of time. I know that a shop will never devote the time to cleaning the dust off them that I know affects the quality. When I see the results of your efforts, I'm moptivated once again to rethink it.